News
Big Answers for Big Data
Big data is a common term, but hasn’t been for that long. The growth of data, in all its forms, during the last five years has been frantic and left many organizations without a game plan. Inside Big Data brought this topic to us in their article, “Are Data Lakes Just Dumping Grounds?” Finding a way…
Read MoreAI and Neural Networks
Quantum computers have the capability to solve complex tasks that are beyond the capabilities of conventional computers. However, like most things, there are challenges. This interesting information came to us from Phys.org in their article, “Neural networks enable learning of error correction strategies for quantum computers.” The quantum states are extremely sensitive to constant interference from…
Read MoreInhouse Skillbuilding
Data scientists can be an expensive ticket for individual organizations to keep on staff. As an alternative, many organizations direct resources to improve their existing staff’s analytics skills. This includes predictive analytics. This interesting topic was brought to us by the Harvard Business Review in their article, “3 Common Mistakes That Can Derail Your Team’s Predictive…
Read MoreData Cataloging Makes Data Findable
One data integration company is expanding its scope into data cataloging and application program interface development. This interesting news came to us from Silicon ANGLE in their article, “With fall release, Talend jumps into data cataloging and API development.” As organizations seek to get a better handle on the data they already have and expose…
Read MoreCognitive Computing Increasing in Demand
The market of healthcare cognitive computing is anticipated to grow significantly in the coming years. Many factors are contributed for this growth, including the increasing number of chronic diseases and the technical advancements in the healthcare industry. This topic came to us from Market Watch in their article, “Healthcare Cognitive Computing Market to Represent a…
Read MoreAddressing Language Ambiguity
Making sense of text information is becoming a key asset for businesses. The ability to automate repetitive, cognitive tasks is crucial to improving efficiency and as a result, profitability. Analytics Insight brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “A Pioneering Natural Language Understanding Platform Processing Intelligent Text.” Natural language processing (NLP) is a branch…
Read MoreEducational Opportunity from ALPSP
The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is offering an online webinar educational opportunity titled, “Driving Usage, Demonstrating Value.” It is scheduled for December 5, 2018 at 10:30-12am EST. Driving and measuring usage of subscriptions is critical both to publishers and librarians in demonstrating the value of scholarly resources to readers and researchers…
Read MoreUncommon Sense
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a division of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies. To put this into perspective, this 60-year-old agency proposed and prototyped the precursor to the world wide web. This interesting information came to us from Venture Beat in their article, “DARPA wants to build ‘contextual’…
Read MoreAI Then and Now
Necessity is the mother of invention. Well, maybe. This interesting topic came to us from Analytics India in their article, “Rugged Information Architecture Is Key To AI Growth In Enterprises.” Regardless of the incentive, every invention has taken time to perfect itself. The first telephone wasn’t perfect, neither were the automobile or x-ray machine. Artificial…
Read MoreTaxonomy of Sorts
If you have been a reader of TaxoDiary for any amount of time, you know that I like finding odd and unique taxonomies. I find it comforting to know that taxonomies exist in all parts of our lives, not just information science or biology. NPR brought this heartwarming taxonomy to us in their article, “Tag Yourself (I’m A Maggie):…
Read More